Affair
שְׁאֵלָאStrong’s H7596sheela (she-e-la)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheela is the Hebrew word usually translated “petition your”, “petition my” and “petition”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)”
Meaning
- Affair, request
How it's translated
- petition your 4
- petition my 4
- a petition 3
- the petition 1
- for petition my 1
- petition their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 6
- 1 Samuel 3
- 1 Kings 2
- Judges 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
- 1 Samuel 1:27For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
- 1 Samuel 2:20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
- 1 Kings 2:16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
- 1 Kings 2:20Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
- Esther 5:6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁאֵלָא sheela · affair
affair, request Aramaic of she.e.lah (שְׁאֵלָה "petition" H7596)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “affair” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AFFA'IR, noun
[Latin facere. The primary sense of facio is to urge, drive, impel.]
- Business of any kind; that which is done, or is to be done; a word of very indefinite and undefinable signification.
- Matters; state; condition of business or concerns.“I have sent that ye may know our affairs” Ephesians 6:22
- In the singular, it is used for a private dispute, or duel; as, an affair of honor; and sometimes a partial engagement of troops.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.